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A Capital Blow for Deducting Management Expenses

JD Supra: Mergers

The Supreme Court confirmed in Centrica Overseas Holdings Ltd v HMRC that the tests for trading and management expenses of a capital nature are the same.

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Antitrust & Competition Life Sciences Quarterly Update - Q2 2023

JD Supra: Mergers

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its attempt to block Amgen/Horizon, the first such challenge to a life science transaction since 2009, and issued a second request in Pfizer’s proposed $43 billion acquisition of Seagen. The second quarter saw significant enforcement and dealmaking in the life sciences space. By: Goodwin

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Head of trading to take the reins at SIX Swiss Exchange as chief departs

The TRADE

Head of SIX Swiss Exchange Christian Reuss has marked his last day at the trading venue as he moves onto pastures new. Christian Reuss, Werner Bürki Reuss has been with the trading venue for just over 15 years, originally joining in 2009 as chief executive of a joint venture named Scoach, in partnership with Deutsche Börse.

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BlackRock appoints Battams as head of international equity trading

The TRADE

Paul Battams has been named head of international equity trading at BlackRock following 23 years with the firm according to an announcement on social media. Prior to joining Barclays as equity derivative trader in 2009, Battams was an equity trader at Barclays Global Investors for 11 years.

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Instinet taps JP Morgan for new executive director of latency sensitive e-trading

The TRADE

Instinet has appointed Christopher Brown as executive director, latency sensitive electronic trading (LSET), The TRADE can reveal. Prior to that, Brown spent almost 3 years at Citi as director of systemic and quant trading solutions.

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People Moves Monday: BNY Mellon, BlackRock, Tourmaline Partners and more…

The TRADE

BNY Mellon made two key senior managing director hires into its fixed income and equity sales and trading businesses. Gould joined BNY Mellon after three years at RBC Capital Markets where she previously served as co-head of equities electronic sales and trading. The two will operate as co-CEOs until the end of the year.

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RBC’s electronic trading co-head Bianca Gould to depart as part of streamlining across the bank

The TRADE

RBC’s co-head of European electronic sales and trading, Bianca Gould, is set to leave the bank after almost three years as part of streamlining measures across the business. Gould joined RBC Capital Markets in October 2020 to co-lead its European low touch sales and trading business alongside Chris Parker who has been in the role since 2011.